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In 1889, Sir William Fraser conflated this uncorroborated remark with the one attributed to him by Count Charles de Montalembert's “ C ' est ici qu ' a été gagné la bataille de Waterloo ” (“ It is here that the Battle of Waterloo was won.
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Established in Hong Kong in 1889 by Sir Paul Chater and William Keswick, the group today has property interests across the region.
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On 30 August 1889, Stoddart dined with Wilde and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Langham Hotel, and commissioned short novels from both men.
The house is named after Sir Arthur Luxmoore, Lord Justice of Appeal, ( King's Scholar, 1889 ), and his own sundial stands in the back garden.
Abel, Sir James Dewar and Dr W Kellner, who was also on the committee, developed and jointly patented ( Nos 5, 614 and 11, 664 in the names of Abel and Dewar ) in 1889 a new ballistite-like propellant consisting of 58 % nitroglycerine, by weight, 37 % guncotton ( nitrocellulose ) and 5 % petroleum jelly.
Forbes ( 1809 – 1868 ), A. T. Malkin ( 1803 – 1888 ), John Ball ( 1818 – 1889 ), and Sir Alfred Wills ( 1828 – 1912 ).
Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet ( 4 August 1809 – 13 November 1889 ) was an English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer.
Notable past presidents have included Lord Kelvin ( 1889 ), Sir Joseph Swan ( 1898 ) and Sebastian de Ferranti ( 1910 – 11 ).
His chief publications are his translation of the History of Herodotus ( in collaboration with Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson ), 1858 – 60 ; The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, 1862 – 67 ; The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy ( Parthian ), 1873 ; The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy ( Sassanian ), 1875 ; Manual of Ancient History, 1869 ; Historical Illustrations of the Old Testament, 1871 ; The Origin of Nations, 1877 ; History of Ancient Egypt, 1881 ; Egypt and Babylon, 1885 ; History of Phoenicia, 1889 ; Parthia, 1893 ; Memoir of Major-General Sir HC Rawlinson, 1898.
In 1883, John Forrest selected the site for the town, and it was named after Sir Frederick Broome, the Governor of Western Australia from 1883 to 1889.
General Sir Richard Nugent O ' Connor KT, GCB, DSO & Bar, MC, ADC ( 21 August 1889 – 17 June 1981 ) was a British Army general who commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of World War II.
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The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890.
However, the first moving picture was shot in Leeds by Louis Le Prince in 1888 and the first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890.
The forerunner of the League of Nations, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, was formed by peace activists William Randal Cremer and Frédéric Passy in 1889.
Popular examples include The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, as well as the Girl Genius series by Phil and Kaja Foglio, although seeds of the genre may be seen in certain works of Michael Moorcock, Philip Jose Farmer and Steve Stiles, and in such games as Space 1889 and Marcus Rowland's Forgotten Futures.
Notable Presidents of IEEE and its founding organizations include Elihu Thomson ( AIEE, 1889 – 1890 ), Alexander Graham Bell ( AIEE, 1891 – 1892 ), Charles Proteus Steinmetz ( AIEE, 1901 – 1902 ), Lee De Forest ( IRE, 1930 ), Frederick E. Terman ( IRE, 1941 ), William R. Hewlett ( IRE, 1954 ), Ernst Weber ( IRE, 1959 ; IEEE, 1963 ), and Ivan Getting ( IEEE, 1978 ).
Burr was born Raymond William Stacey Burr in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, to William Johnston Burr ( 1889 – 1985 ), an Irish hardware salesman, and his wife Minerva ( née Smith, 1892 – 1974 ), a concert pianist and music teacher, who was of English and Scottish descent.
William Claude Rains ( 10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967 ) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 46 years.
Her mother was Mary Cadwalader Rawle ( 1850 – 1923 ) whose maternal grandfather was John Cadwalader ( 1805 – 1879 ) and father was lawyer William Henry Rawle ( 1823 – 1889 ).
United Confederate Veterans organized a chapter known as the " William P. Rogers Camp " in San Saba County after the death in 1889 of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Established in 1889, the county is named in honor of William S. Harney, a military officer of the period, who was involved in the Pig War and popular in the Pacific Northwest.
* William Nathan Harrell Smith ( 1812 – 1889 ), member of the U. S. House of Representatives from North Carolina ( 1859 – 1860 )
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